Petrol scarcity has hit hard all and the queue that we had seen in the past is being seen again. Even before the opening of the oil depots vehicles have parked in front of the depots. This ugly phenomenon hated by all continues appear again and again. These are all our own creation. A strong and drastic action is called for to fight against the imposition of indefinite economic blockade on the national highway roads. Our is democracy one day or two day blockade can be launched, nobody will protest against such type of agitation. But addition of adjective like indefinite is unacceptable. Laws need to be framed to deal with the menace of indefinite blockade on the national highway. Whichever organisation be it hill based or valley based, which resort to indefinite blockade on the roads must be banned and the persons associated with such organisations must be booked for causing harassment to the people of the state. Law enforcing agencies hunt down a person or two when they attempt to suffocate a baby, but when a section of people attempt to cause suffocation to the entire masses by causing artificial scarcity of essential commodities, petroleum products included,they are not being chased. The demand might be genuine, no doubt about it. Who will not weep when their lovely children are not seen? The entire masses are with families affected by such incidents of child kidnapping or missing but economic blockade is not acceptable. Has any organisation, which so ever it may be how so ever powerful it may be, got any demand after calling economic blockade on the national highway? Rather it hijacks the main issue. The main issue had been sidelined as the masses remain concerning the scarcity that had hit human psyche. At home at the public the focus of talk is about scarcity of petrol and essential commodities and subsequent price rise. Kidnapping or missing, which should have been the focus of talk had been forgotten. Similarly the concerned authority, who has been at the receiving of the angry masses, might not be remembering the main issue as it attempts to come out of the pestering problems caused by petrol scarcity. The missing children may return. But the problems of petrol scarcity will continue to occur again and again. Because it happens in Manipur there are elements, who think they can play with the life of entire masses by imposing economic blockade. They have not learnt anything. Hence the call for giving punishment to all those who call indefinite blockade on the national high way as per their wishes without realising the dangerous consequences it leaves to the state.
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